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From: glw@rayssd.UUCP (Gregory L. Wing)
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Subject: Re: Re: Amazing Stories - Nov. 3
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 17:44:07 EST
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> In article <2114@reed.UUCP> agb@reed.UUCP (Alexander G. Burchell) writes:
> >BTW, who does the (truly Amazing) computer graphics that start out each
> >episode?  I was quite impressed with the realistic surface textures and was
> >especially amazed by the knight in shining armor.  Does anyone know if they
> >are using the technique for generating metal that was developed by Carlos
> >Sequin (sp?) at Berkeley?  (I forget the details, but it was something to
> >the effect that light reflecting from metal was the color of the metal, not
> >the color of the light, as it is for other types of surfaces [perhaps the
> >other way around...])
> 
> 	The "Amazing Stories" opener was done by Robert Abel and Associates.
> I suspect that the chrome on the knight is the same chrome used on the sexy
> robot in "Brilliance", the commercial they did for American Can.

Skeaking of amazing computer graphics, has anyone seen the latest Mick Jagger
video?  It's really impressive.  Especially the textures of the walls and
floors. Does anyone out there know who put that video together?

				Gregory L. Wing


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